Parasocial Goblins and cave

Some goblin doomsday prophets identify cave as the sign — not of the end, but of the part right before the end, which lasts longer than anyone expected.

A peer-reviewed analysis of cave commissioned by the Goblin Research Council reached its conclusion in a single sentence, set in 36-point type and underlined four times: 'WE ASKED. IT DID NOT ANSWER. WE ASKED AGAIN.' The methodology section was longer than the conclusion.

The miku-Adjacent Goblin File

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about miku. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

Echoes of taxonomy in the Goblin Archive

Visiting goblin dignitaries are, by protocol, never asked directly about taxonomy. The protocol exists for reasons nobody remembers, which the goblins consider the best kind of reason to maintain a protocol.

The Goblin Verdict on cave

It has been the goblins' privilege, this season, to attend so closely to cave. The privilege is mutual, the goblins assume. cave has not yet commented on the matter, which the goblins take as tacit consent.